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Sharp County record., 1887-01-20
HE OLD HORSE.
Seine CogPnt Reasons Why lie Should Be
Preferred to Young Animal.

Seine CoGPnt Reasons Why lie Should Be
Preferred to Young Animal.
Accustomed to the earl Y ruin of horses
from ignorant management, and
especially from the failure Of their feet
the larger part Of the community con-
slider Il horse old at twelve or fifteen.
In fact, this should be the prime Of his
life, and he may then continue at his
highest usefulness until he is past twen-
ty. Scnility with disagrceable accom-
paniments may then be expected, anda
mercifu grave will be provided for
faithful servant. Danger lies in the use
OF young horses; they can not be taught
every thing, accustomed to every pos
sible sight and filled with conf
dcncc but in the school of experience,
and that is the school of time. Con-
fidence not in himself, but in the hand
that holds his mouth, is the attribute OF
the old horse. He was safely carried
through the frights of youth by the
superior being that sits upon his back,
or behind him, and no motion of mind
Or body is to be made but from that
guiding hand.
1t is safer also to buy an old horse.
Young horses are subject to bodily
changes; the splents, curbs, spavins,
windgalIs, distemperS, etc, attack the
young horse. The old horse may have
had them and recovered from all acute
action so that only the blemish Of the
SPAWN remains, while the splent
has been absorbed, and the puffs
and engagements, so common in youth
are smoothed out by years. If an old
horse is sure-footcd he will be until ex-
treme age breaks him down; if he has a
clear eye he will see to the last; if he is
quiet and free from stable tricks he
will not acquire them. He will bear
the most trying thing, that young
horses can not safely endure, keeping
in the stable without daily exercise and
when he goes out he will be able to do
his work without fret, and he will not
tire so soon as the young horse. Old
and young horses should not be mated
in harness, for the old one will wear tho
young one out.-JameS q. Russell, Sec
retary Mass. Board Of agriculture.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20
SUCCEEDED AT LAST

, ,vssouri Pacific Train Ditehed by HrecA
ers-Tbe Third Attempt on the LILO
Enoineer Dewitt Successful - Se'eIai
Others Injured - Searching for tho
WreCkers' III,
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. H,-Ihe sou.n
botlnd senger train on the MiseTult
Pacific ension, which LETT Oniana i"o'
nigbt and was due here this mOrDlhs'
vas wrecked near Dunbar, Nep, aOouV
midnight The wreck was caused by tne
Ioosening of a rail, done by parties un,
knnwn, Several spikes and hsh plates
had been removed and the traln coIllns
along at the rate Of thirty miles an hour
nlunged fifteen feet down an embankmeenI
and landed in snow-drift. James DeWlt',
of Wyandotte, Kas., the engineer was
caught under the boiler and killed.
His body had not been recovered al iasO
accounts, Frank HenoWetts, the express
messenger, whose home is in this city, was
internally hurt, and may die. A lady
whose name was not learned, was
hadIv hurt. but the other passengers
were not seriously injured SO lar
a. known. All were shaken
however and more or less bruised,
The entire train left the track, and
probably the loss of life would have been
great except for the snowbank, Whlch
broke the force of the plunge. The
Missouri Pacific officials here state that
the wreck is the result Of third attempt
upon the life of Dew lit, the engineer
They say that some Of the men engaged in
the strike last spring cherished q
grudge against De Witt because
he was an active supporter Of the
company during the great strike. They
assert that the wreck near Wyandotte,
for which Hamilton has just been tried, e,
was the result of plot against Dew tits
life, but his train was not the first to pass
over the track as expected. Later, they
say, a second attempt was made and last
nights was the third. Several suspicious
looking men, it is said, were seen lettering
about the station at Dunbar last
evening. Tracks were found leading
from the scene Of the wreck which
may furnish clew. The sheriff and sew
eral others are searching the neighbor-
hood and a reward will be offered for the
capture of the wreckers A number Of
California excursionists were among the
party. The belated passengers will reach
here to-day.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

DR.. WIN. PERRY, the sole survivor of the
passengers of Robert Fulton's first steam
boat ride down the Hudson, died on the
l1th centenarian.
AN agent of European capitalists on the
llth paid into the State Treasury of Texas
$147,0O0 in payment for lands purchases
from the State.
PARTIES from Iowa on the 18th purchased
5000 acres of land in Tallahatchie county,
Miss.
The Virginia tobacco crop of 1886, it is
estimated, weighs out only half crop,
and only one. fourth of that has the color
Of good tobacco
Mrs. LOWE was elected State Librarian
bv the LEGISLATURE OF Tennessee on the
10th.
JOHN ROACH, the great ship-builder
died at New York on the 10th.
L.. C. DULANEY, a merchant and leVet
contractor, was assassinated near Rose
dale, Miss, on the Sth
IT is reported that work on the Kansas
City road east of Tupelo, Miss, has been
STONED; that the road Las purchased the
Georgia Pacific from Columbus TO Bir-
mingham, and that the intention is to
| build the Kansas City road, via Ponto oc,
| Okolona and Aberdeen to Columbus.
A DISASTROUS shipwreck occurred on the
Virginia coast on the Sth Not less than
twenty, and probably more, lives were
lost. among them five life-saving men,
who in the discharge OF their duty were
drowned.
THE total appropriation made by the
river and harjor bill is S7,3GG,350, in
Guiding an appropriation of 100000 for
She improvement of the Arkansas river.
! A BILL to reduce internal revenue taxa
ton and duties on raw sugar and for other
purposes was introduced in the House on
the Sth by Mr.. Hiscock, of New York.
A SEARCH Of the house, in Philadelphia,
where the two old msers, Joseph Perry
and Richard Price, were found wing dead
on the 7th, brought to light hidden treas
ure amounting to 100000.
THE Arkansas State Assembly of the
Knights of Laber closed five days. ses.
sion at Pine Bluff on the Sth.
SAM HALL, one of the highwaymen VITO
assaulted Ridenor in a brickyard at Knox
vile, Tenn, several nights since, and
robbed him of $32G and almost murdered
him, was arrested on the Sth in Wood
bury, KY.
| AT meeting of manufacturers, mer
chants aud business men, assembled at
Nashville, Tenn, on the Sth, resolutions
were passed opposing the passage OF the
interstate commerce bill now pending in
Congress.
The Adjutant General Of Texas is
alarmed about the Knights CT Labor. and
] wants the militia increased
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

MRS. CLEVELAND gave grand Rosebud
lunch on the afternoon of the d2th, at
which many prominent young ladies OF the
capital were present
The executive council of the Irish Ma
tional League of America assembled at
Cincinnati on the 18th, President John
Fitzgerald in the chair. Twenty-Five
States were represented, A long. series
Of resolutions 10; s.sS, Were adopted on theg of
B. SCHAFF, who committed suicide in
| Jail at Cincinnati, left a letter addressed
to the chief of police, detailing his history
and signing himself Waldemar, Earl OF
| Durkheim
BRAKEMAN c. H. WELLS, whot it is
charged, was responsible for thf Rio
| wis holocaust, was arraigned at Port
age on the 18th for manslaughter, and
pleaded not guilty. His counsel promises
to make some sensational developments
when the trial comes off.
SECRETARY BAYARD recommends Ehat an
equalization of duties be made on nimpor-
tatons of raisins and currants in der to
facilitate negotiations now penfbg be-
tween the governments of the kUnited
States and Spain, looking to the e2 iablish'
ment of more liberal commerciay inter
course.
THE Boston Chamber of CommjEce on
the 18th adopted resolution oppoJng the
Interstate Commerce bill in its present
shape, objecting to the "long arp short
haup' clause and favoring the appoint
ment of a commission.
The Army Appropriation bill, WI lh Mr.
Allison reported to the Senate on fie 18th
appropriates S?37,377, IS being S95, 199 in ex-
cess of the appropriation made by {he bill
as it passed the House, and SlL o6f69 less
than he estimates. The Pension Appro-
priation BILL which was also reported to
the Senate, appropriates the same 4mount
as the House bill.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20
XLlxTH CONGRESS.

| THE Senate was not in session on Ine Sth'''''
| In the House several bills were reporter from
! committees and referred. The bill appfoprlaI-
ing S5OOOOO for new public building at Charles
| ton, S. c., after debate went over without ac
| ton. The bill consolidating certain bureaus ol
the Navy Department was debated az lenSln III
| committee of the whole. The River ana Har-
| Dor bill was reported
TN the Senate on the 10th the report OF the
Board of Engineers in regard to orlugh8 tne
| Mississippi river at or near ST. Louls ""o ~
ceived and referred. Numerous petltlops mol0
presented and referred. The Interstate CoHi
merce bill was discussed by Messrs. bech Oui
lon. Harris and Stanford"..ln the houso "
communication from the Secretary OF INC
Treasury, interpreting the Tariff law respecting
the duties on fish, was laid before the Houo0'
A large number Of bills and resolutions "efe
introduced under the call OF States ana reIel-
red Several District Of Columbia measures
were passed.
IN the Senate on the 18th the House bill
granting right of way through indian reserva-
tions was reported with amendment Several
pension measures were proposed A memorial
was presented from citizens Of Jefferson Coun-
ty. Tex, asking protection from the Govern
ment A bill was introduced for relief OF
Freedmens Bank depositors A bill was pass
ed releasing to San Antonio, Tex, certain por-
tions of the military reservation; also, one
granting relief to settlers and purchasers OF
public lands in Nebraska and Kansas. Consld-
Grafton of Interstate Commerce bill was CON
tinued ...I In the House a resolution asking
from the Secretary of War information about
sandbar in Red river was adopted. The River
and Harbor bill was referred to committee OF
the whole February was set apart for reso'
lutions on the late Representative Price,o WIS
consion. The Charleston IS. c. public building
bill was passed. An invitation from the inter
national prison congress to send delsSJkSS- j.
the meeting >at ST. Petersburg in'1asD ~ -.
ceived The bill passed creating an agricul'
tural and labor department. The Cattle Dis
ease act was considered.
In the Senate on the 1SA a bill was passed
extending for twelve months the time for filing
French spoliation claims An appropriation
was proposed of sj0O0,O00 for the construction
of coast defenses. Consideration ad libitum Of
the InterS State Commerce bill was had and,
after an executive session, the Senate ad-
journed .. In the House conferees were APP
pointed on allotment of lands in severalty TO
Indians. An additional circuit judge was pro-
vided for Massachusetts. The Edmunds' Anti
POlygamy act and the Tucker substitute were
considered, and the substitute passed without
division. Adjourned
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20
WHITE HOUSE AMENITIES.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland Doing
the HonOrs-The First Lady Entertains a
Party of Young Ladies at Superb
IunCheOn,

The President and Mrs. Cleveland Doing
the HonOrs-The First Lady Entertains a
Party of Young Ladies at superb
Luncheon.
WAsHINGToN, Jan 13.-Mrs. Cleveland
gave a superb luncheon yesterday after
noon at half past one o'clock in honor Of
Miss Hastings, who is guest at the
Presidents Mansion. At the same hour
the President held reception in the East
room, so that both ends of the mansion
were busy with social life Mrs. Cleve.
lands guests, about thirty young ladies,
sat with her in the private dining-room at
table glttering with crystal and silver.
The table decorations were extremely
tasteful and were of Mrs Cleveland's
own Lewiston. A center piece was
of red and white camelias, with corner
sectionss of mignonettes set in cush-
ion of ferns edged with begonia leaves.
FlankiDg this at either end were Hat
bouquets of white camelias dotted with
orchids and a fringe of ferns and poin-
setta leaves and silver candelabras and
engraved silver dishes holding conserves,
and handsome china fruit dishes added
no small part to the decorations. Al
each cover there were large cOrsage
bouquets of pansies, some deep pur.
pie, others white and yellow. Only
water goblets and others for appOl
linaris were at each place. There were
dainty China cups of fine ware filled with
bon-bons for each lady, the cup and Saucer
tied together with gold or purple satin
ribbon, these colors alternating, which the
ladies carried away as souvenirs.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20
Not a Practical Printer.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-Representativ'
Farquhar. Of the Buffalo On. W district
and Mr.. Bisbee, editor Of the Washington
Cratt,man-the organ OF the Typographical
Union-were before the Senate committee
on printing to-day, and spoke against th'
confirmation of Public Printer Benedict
They reviewed the present law and pro
duced the original memorial sent to Con
gress by the international Typographical
Union, praying for its passage ant
defining the phraseology of the bill, whicl
is now a law. The words "must be
practical printer" in the law were defined
in the memorial to be one who has served
an apprenticeship. Mr.. Benedict says HI
has not served an apprenticeship
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20
Two More Victims-Found Dead Stan ding
at His Post.

TIFF1S, O., Jan. 1.-Two more victims
OF the recent Baltimore Il Ohio horror
have been traced TO the ill-fated train
and there all identity lost, except melt
ed watch and disfgured revolver. Theil
names are j. L. Beatty, Of Bloomington
ILL.,, and Alvin H. Ice, of Penfeld, Ill. This
makes total of fifteen, and it is almos
certain that four additional ones pershed
It is claimed that the coroner has evi
dence that, when made public, will cause
a sensation among the railroad officials.
Charles Bean, target man at the Balti
more & Ohio target in this city, was founC
last night standing in the window of hi
target house, with his head on his arm
dead. The target was swung to preven
any trains passing.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20
THE SOUTHERN BOOM.
The StupendOus Industrial Development
in Progress in Alabama and Elsewhere in
the South.

the South.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 13.-The Manufacturers
Record publishes to-day a two-column ar
ticle on the ''stupendous industrial devel-
opmentsn in the South 1t says that there
seems no end to the vast developments
now in progress, one result Of which is an
almost incredible enhancement in prop
erty values Admission, Ala, is receiving
particular attention. Two one thousand
ton coke furnaces will be constructed
there Immediately, and the town is to be
connected with Gadsden by railroad. Two
more furnaces are to be erected at Admission
by capitalists Of Birmingham, representing
100000. Birmingham is also building
two furnaces at Bessemer, A million dol
lars has been subscribed for the develop
ment Of iron and other interests at Deca-
tur. Ala. At Nashville large tract OF
land has been purchased, on which two
furnaces and other industries will be
built. A railroad is to be built through
the mineral land of Jackson County, Ala,
for it's development. Birmingham is to
have big tannery and boot and shoe fac
tory and 100000 wagon fac
tory. A new company has bought
10000 acres OF iron ore land in Decatur
and Perry counties, Ala, and will
make iron. Scottsboro, Ala, has a newly
chartered 100000 Iron & Coal Company
The Bertha zinc works Of Southwest Vir-
ginia will be largely improved by new
owners, having 100000 capital Marble
ouarries will be opened near Florence,
Ala. Bessemer, Ala, is promised $780,
600 rolling mill, tire-brick works and a
opd holt faptnrv
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

THE House committee on public build
ings and grounds has agreed to make an
additional allowance of S2S,00O for the
building at Terre Haute, Ind making a
total appropriation of Sl7SOOO for that
building, and increased the appropriation
for the public building at Denver, Col,
from $500, 900 to $575, 900.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20
ENGLAND'S GUNS.
Methods Employed in the Manufactr,
Heavy Pieces of Ordnance,

Heavy Pieces of Ordnance.
England's big guns are made of
coiled spirally, and welded into a :,
mass by a hammer. These rejJ
furnaces contain a straight bar, >
word the door is slightly raised, ,
with huge nippers its head is seized
loops made for the purpose, A ste,
winch draws out the glowing mass !,
brings it to a horizontal capstan E,
before tie door. A water hose is tIrD,
upon the loop, and while it blacks
under the chill Il stalwart feloI
welding a heavy slcdge, fixes the lo
on nut projecting from the capa
wheel. Then the machine revolr
with resistless force, curling the h
metal round and round on its dr
neatly and smoothly, and as easily
a girl would wind ribbon, So the q
is formed, whether for the breech ps
or the body of the gun, orforits jack
This again is cooled, and after awh
is refined for welding under the han
mer.
You ought to see this Woolwich han
mer. 1t weighs forty tons sheer weigh.
and when it drops it falls forty feet d
to a block that rests on spiles, lnaSsiE
masonry and enormous quantities d
iron. Between two great shafts tl3
hammer is suspended, u solid blOcE
which, driven from above by steam, and
gathering impetus as it falls, strka
with a force of many hundred tons.
veteran workman has charge of iii
massive hammer. He starts and drOl
it By u touch of his thumb and fnge
| saw an oprn-face watch laid down 0
the block; then he dropped the hamme
and he stopped it just in time to brea
the crystal-and nothing more. Tht
call this last operation of the furna
the "grcat heat, ~ and about every mo
arch there is in Europe has seen it, ju
as | did Yesterday. While / am wo
dering what they thought about it, t
furnace to be emptied is naring wi
impotence. Through the interstices
its great door blue, red and purI
flames are leaping out. 4 huge era
swings round Il pair Of pinccrs' at t
end of which a dozen Britons clust
The door rises little, the white li9
blinds rs, and, although | am at LEI
twenty yards away, the heat burns
face uncomfortably. Water is thro'
into the awful gap, and then the II
perceive their prey. The huge ar
part and firmly close, the door rises
its fullest extent 4 clash OF the era
gear, n shout frora the man and out
comes, easily and softly, a monsh'
coil. The crane swings ABOUT 4
places it on end upon the anvil II
the hammer falls, shaking the sd
i,oor beneath us, crushing the red
mass inches down at blow, weld
its coil together 50 that they can nc
part. Bat the inside hollow has b'
knocked out of shape by this proct
so, when the tube has been reduced
its proper length, u solid mandrI
deity slipped betwiXt the hammer {
the iron. For two or three blows
contracted coil attempts resistance,
it gives way, and the mandril slip;
its base, as into butter. Then
great pinccrs are used again, ant
drops TIE mass on its side, where az
it is battered and struck all round. !
irregularities caused by all this he
mering are afterward removed by
plane, and then the gun is made
othor Neutrality-suspicious.. Boston HcrC
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20
A Common Error.

Coldcheese (the grocer, weighing tho
baby)-Twenty-four pounds, ma'am.
Mrs. Jupkins-Oh, no! that can't be.
Coldcheese-Beg pardon, ma'am-'
you're right-Ihad my coffee and sugar
weights on-twelve pounds. Fki|Sdef
phia Cal.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

~ NEVER loaned General Logan dollar
in my life, and can not possibly conceive
how such report originated" said
Senator Cameron, speaking Of the report
that he had Cancelled a note for large
sum given him by the late Senator from
Illinois
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

VIscoUNT CROSS, Secretary of State for
india, in a speech at Ashton-Under-Tyne
on the 10th, said that during his expert
ence in the India Office he had been grieved
to find that bad class of English goods
was being exported, especially to China,
where Great Britain is being beaten by
Russia.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

THE report of Rev. Dr. O'Reilly, treas,
urer of the National Irish League, of the
receipts and expenditures for the parlia-
ment fund during the last five months has
been published. 1t shows that the bal
ance on hand was S6O,439 AZ, and since
then S2S, 1884 has been received Sixty
thousand dollars has been transmitted to
the trustees.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

In the last volume of reports of United
States Supreme Court decisions, just is
sued, there appears as an appendix, the
last formal paper prepared by Chief
Justice Taney as an opinion of the conrt,
but which was not delivered by reason of
his death
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

Mr.. FRANK MCDONALD, son Of ex-
Senator Mcdonald, of Indiana, died in
Washington on the 9TH of heart disease.
He had been for some years clerk in the
Treasury Department. The remains were
taken to Indiana for burial, in charge Of
Mr. Colville, the brother-in-law of the
deceased
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

CoNs1DERABLE comment has been occa-
stoned in Washington by published re-
ports that "slush fund" of 100000 has
been distributed where it would do the
most good in the interest Of Pacific rail
road legislation.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

BREvET BRIGADIER-GENERAL THOMAS
DUNCAN died at Washington, on the Sth,
after a brief illness. He had lived for
more than twenty years with silver plate
forming portion of his skull which was
fractured by cannon ball during the war
of the rebellion.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

JAMES EDWARD NowLIN, the perpetrator
of the horrible murder of Geo. A. Goldman,
was arraigned in the Somersville (Mass.)
police court on the 9TH, and pleaded not
guilty. He was committed without bail
for trial,
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

The San Francisco Produce Exchange
has finished taking stock of wheat in
hand January l. in California, and aboard
vessels in the harbor. The official figures
show that the stock on hand is 100000
tons; required for consumption and seed
to carry over and shipments to Pacific
ocean points, 10000 tons; balance avail
able for shipment to Europe, $4,000 tons,
equal to 5000, 900 bushels.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20
NEWS IN BRIEF
Compiled from Various Sources.

AT New Haven, Conn, on the Sth, Judge
Pickett fined two railroad officials for
blacklisting man.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

A SPECIAL order to the Irish police has
been issued from Dublin Castle, request
ing the names of the editors, proprietors
and writer's of all the Nationalist papers
in the country, and especially those who
are members of Parliament
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

THE gift of drinking fountain to STRAIT
ford-on-Avon by Mr.. George W. Childs, of
Philadelphia, is pleasantly commented
upon by the London Daily Telegraph as ian
act of graceful munifcence.n
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

IT is stated that the Russian Govern
ment has made proposals which are cal
culated to peacefully solve the Bulgarian
difficulty.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

In the course of violent speech in Coun-
ty Limerick on the Sth, Mr.. Cox, M. P,
declared the Duke of Saxe-Weimar was
the biggest iackass that ever ruled in Ire
land.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

THE President has issued an executive
order directing that hereafter pensioners
residing in Montana and Wyoming be paid
from the San Francisco agency.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

ROBERTSON was declared elected Lieu
tenant Governor of Indiana on the 10th,
at Indianapolis, and wild scene followed
in the Legislature.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

THE French Minister of Foreign Affairs
has ''unoff1cially" recommended the ac-
ceptance by Bulgaria Of the Prince Of Min
grelia.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

The Vienna correspondence Of the London
Times contradicts the statement that an
alliance has been entered into between
Russia and Germany.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

A BRONZE monument erected to the
memory of King Victor Emanuel was un-
veiled on the 9th in the Pantheon at Rome.
Sharp County record., 1887-01-20

THE total appropriation made by the
River and Harbor bill, as reported to the
House of Representative on the Sth, is ST.
1885, ,250